Comments on: We have an opportunity http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/ The Community Viewpoints Board advises the Register Star on the Editorial Agenda and on topics of the day. They are conservatives, liberals and independent. Some are retired. Others are doctors, teachers, pastors, social workers and marketing specialists. Several members of the board agreed to blog on rrstar.com. They’ll share their views here on local issues. Their thoughts – as well as the opinions of other board members – also will appear with other opinion content online and in the newspaper in the Opinions section. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Dennis wallace http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-61 Dennis wallace Sat, 24 May 2008 14:17:47 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-61 Everyone thinks the world revolves around the USA... Sorry folks but that's not the case. The silly idea that here in the USA all we have to do to lower gas prices is to stop buying gas from Exxon or Mobil... Can people actually be that naive? Let me ask the obvious question.... What's better, having USA based Oil companies making record profits or having Middle East companies making record profits? Duh... I think we would prefer USA companies to be making the money. Ok now that this is off the table... Just what the heck do you expect the Big Oil companies to do in the WORLD MARKETS THEY SELL TOO? Are they suppose to sell a gallon of gas to us in the USA for $2 when they can sell the same gallon of gas internationally for $4? If you were one of the many retired People who's Pension Fund owned stock in the Big Oil companies and were counting on the dividend earnings to pay their pensions... Would you want the Big Oil companies to give away the gas at way below FREE MARKET PRICES and reduce the dividend earnings paid to stockholders, ie. many of which are Pension Funds??? I say it would a whole lot better for us to let them earn all the profitis FREE MARKETS ALLOW but also require them to INVEST some of those profits for long term improvements in new refineries AND DRILLING FOR MORE OIL IN USA CONTROLLED TERRITORIES! Come on... isn't this obvious? Everyone thinks the world revolves around the USA… Sorry folks but that’s not the case. The silly idea that here in the USA all we have to do to lower gas prices is to stop buying gas from Exxon or Mobil… Can people actually be that naive?

Let me ask the obvious question…. What’s better, having USA based Oil companies making record profits or having Middle East companies making record profits?

Duh… I think we would prefer USA companies to be making the money.

Ok now that this is off the table… Just what the heck do you expect the Big Oil companies to do in the WORLD MARKETS THEY SELL TOO? Are they suppose to sell a gallon of gas to us in the USA for $2 when they can sell the same gallon of gas internationally for $4?

If you were one of the many retired People who’s Pension Fund owned stock in the Big Oil companies and were counting on the dividend earnings to pay their pensions… Would you want the Big Oil companies to give away the gas at way below FREE MARKET PRICES and reduce the dividend earnings paid to stockholders, ie. many of which are Pension Funds???

I say it would a whole lot better for us to let them earn all the profitis FREE MARKETS ALLOW but also require them to INVEST some of those profits for long term improvements in new refineries AND DRILLING FOR MORE OIL IN USA CONTROLLED TERRITORIES!

Come on… isn’t this obvious?

]]> By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-53 hokumboy Fri, 09 May 2008 20:43:29 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-53 I can't even remember how many years that one's been making it's way around the internet, Brenda. Snopes says it won't work: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp and I tend to accept their reasoning above yours. I can’t even remember how many years that one’s been making it’s way around the internet, Brenda.
Snopes says it won’t work:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp
and I tend to accept their reasoning above yours.

]]> By: Jack Bramel http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-51 Jack Bramel Fri, 09 May 2008 17:38:08 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-51 I can't seem to find your invitation about the price of gasoline when I started driving, so if I may, I'll mention it here: I'm 66yrs. old. When I started driving in 1958, the price of regular was 30.9 cents a gallon, and Ethyl was 2 cents more expensive. I can’t seem to find your invitation about the price of gasoline when I started driving, so if I may, I’ll mention it here: I’m 66yrs. old. When I started driving in 1958, the price of regular was 30.9 cents a gallon, and Ethyl was 2 cents more expensive.

]]> By: Brenda http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-50 Brenda Fri, 09 May 2008 17:19:24 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/viewpointsboard/2008/05/09/we-have-an-opportunity/#comment-50 Here's an idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. Acting together we can make a difference Here’s an idea: For the rest of this year, DON’T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.
If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers.
Acting together we can make a difference

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